Norwegian for foreigners, level 1 in the workplace

Level 1 is a language course for beginners or students with very little previous knowledge of Norwegian. The course focuses on basic grammar and use of everyday language in both oral and written production.

KNOWLEDGE

The candidate has basic knowledge about grammatical rules of inflexion and word order:

• Verbs: the infinitive, present, preterite, present perfect, imperative
• Nouns: gender, number, indefinite and definite forms
• Adjective: agreement and comparison
• Pronouns: subject and object forms, reflexive pronouns and possessives
• Word order in main clauses and subordinate clauses

SKILLS

The candidate's skills are equivalent to Level A2/B1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

The candidate:

• masters a basic vocabulary of Norwegian everyday language and grammatical rules for inflection and word order
• is able to write assignments focusing on descriptive and narrative texts in the past, present and future tenses on topics that are known to him/her and are of personal interest. The candidate is able to describe experiences and impressions.

6 hours seminars/group work per week, including listening exercises, online or in a language lab. Students need to hand in at least six written papers which must be approved by the end of the course. Approved examination's requirements are valid for 4 semesters after approval date.

Students will learn through a coordinated set of learning arenas at the workplace, both classroom tuition and other activities (e.g. language café), and course participants are expected to participate actively in these.

Attendance is compulsory for the first lecture.